The Super Bowl is quickly approaching. Every year, Americans from all over the country flock to stadiums, televisions, sports bars, or Super Bowl parties, making a huge event out of what is already one of the biggest sports events, not just in the country but in the world.
The Super Bowl is one of the United States’ most popular cultural events. So naturally, when a sporting event attains this level of fame, it is to be expected that the bettors would be attracted to it. And this certainly is the case for the Super Bowl.
Bettors from all over the country are attracted to the Super Bowl, placing low-stake or high-stake bets on the teams that have reached the end. In 2023, the Super Bowl is expected to be among the most popular in the past few years. So, in this article, we thought we would go through the teams most likely to take the win.
How to Read Odds
There are different ways to read odds. Seeing as how we are focusing on football, a sport most popular in America and an American cultural and sports event, we are going to look at the American way of setting and reading odds.
In the USA, betting odds are based around $100 and are most often portrayed as negative numbers. So, for example, when you have odds set at -200, this means you would need to bet $200 in order to win $100 (it goes without saying that under normal circumstances, the amount you need to bet is not this high).
Thanks to online betting platforms, fans of football and bettors alike can now check out the lines ahead of each game, mainly because most bookmaker websites thoroughly and expertly cover the game and update their odds, knowing football is one of the most popular sports in the country.
So, now that you know what the numbers mean let us take a look at the teams that are considered favorites to win the Super Bowl.
The Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills compete in the American Football Conference East Division, where they are among the most popular and most accomplished teams. It is for this reason that they are considered the absolute and uncontested favorite to win the Super Bowl, with the odds on them being placed at +550.
It is mostly Josh Allen that has garnered such a popular reputation for the Bills. He is the most promising quarterback in the league right now. With him leading the offense and an already strong defense nurtured by the team, it might not be a huge shock to find the Buffalo Bills winning their first Super Bowl in 2023.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Next on the list are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With +750 points as of writing this article, they are the second favorite to win the 2023 Super Bowl. But this placement will likely not come as much of a surprise. After all, the Buccaneers have in their arsenal one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
While Tom Brady retired at the start of this year, he made a glorious comeback only a few months later and is now playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are only too happy to have him back. While in his mid-40s, Brady has shown that he is still capable of playing with the athletic prowess of a rookie. Only now can he bring his wisdom and experience to the field, making him a force to be reckoned with.
The Kansas City Chiefs
The last team we are looking at is the Kansas City Chiefs, who came up short during the previous season. However, it is perhaps losing the AFC title game that lit a fire under their belt in 2022/23. Currently, they are placed as the 3rd or 4th most likely team to win the Super Bowl by many online bookmakers, and most fans and bettors alike consider their starting quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, to be one of the best in the game right now.
While the team’s points have dropped in the past couple of days, the Kansas City Chiefs still remain in the running as one of the favorite teams to win 2023’s Super Bowl. And the Kansas fans are standing behind them along the way.
